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Overview

We’re looking for a highly experienced and technically credible Asset Manager – Highway Structures to take responsibility for the management, maintenance and long‑term performance of Buckinghamshire Council’s highway structures asset base.

Reporting to the Highways Asset Manager, this is a senior specialist role with a strong client‑side focus, overseeing bridges, culverts, retaining walls and related structures. You will ensure these critical assets are safe, resilient and sustainably managed, while shaping investment priorities and supporting the wider development of the Council’s highways asset management approach.

The role will support the Highways Asset Manager in developing and enhancing the Council’s wider highways asset management function, including providing strategic and technical direction to the Street Lighting and Intelligent Traffic Systems services delivered by specialist contractors and consultants.

This is an excellent opportunity for an accomplished structural or civil engineering professional to influence strategic decision‑making, lead complex programmes of work and act as the Council’s technical authority for highway structures.

About us

Buckinghamshire Council is one of the largest local authorities in the country, responsible for a diverse highway network serving urban, rural and strategic transport needs. Our ambition is to provide a safe, reliable and sustainable transport network that supports economic growth, environmental responsibility and thriving communities.

The Highways Asset Management Team, within the Infrastructure and Capital Schemes function, is responsible for the stewardship of the council’s highway assets. The team develops long‑term asset management strategies, maintains asset data and condition information, prioritises investment, and ensures that maintenance and improvement programmes deliver best value and comply with statutory and national requirements.

We work closely with other departments, service providers, elected members, government bodies and local communities to ensure our highways assets are managed transparently, efficiently and for the long term.

About the role

As Asset Manager – Highway Structures, you will have overall responsibility for the asset management approach and maintenance strategy for the Council’s highway structures portfolio. You will also support the Council’s wider highways asset management function, including providing strategic and technical direction to the Street Lighting and Intelligent Traffic Systems services delivered by specialist contractors and consultants.

Key aspects of the role include:

• Leading the asset management, inspection and maintenance strategy for highway structures, ensuring safety, compliance and longevity
• Acting as the Technical Approval Authority (TAA) for Buckinghamshire Council, either directly or through appointed specialist support
• Developing and managing one‑year detailed and four‑year indicative programmes of capital and revenue works, in collaboration with the Highways Asset Manager and service providers
• Managing the client relationship with the Council’s Term Maintenance Contractor and Term Services Consultant
• Overseeing inspection regimes, risk assessments, asset condition data and risk registers, including compliance with CDM regulations
• Preparing and maintaining capital programmes, approving briefs, quotations and overseeing delivery of schemes
• Supporting Medium Term Financial Plan development, whole‑life cost modelling and funding bids
• Ensuring accurate asset records, performance reporting and contribution to asset management plans and data strategies
• Acting as the Council’s technical expert on highway structures, including abnormal loads, third‑party works, development impacts and multi‑agency liaison
• Representing the Council at national and regional technical forums and promoting continuous improvement and innovation

You will also provide line management to staff within the structures team and contribute to the oversight of related specialist asset groups, including Street Lighting and Intelligent Transport Systems.

About you

You will be a highly skilled and experienced structural engineering professional, with the confidence and credibility to operate as a technical authority within a complex public‑sector environment.

We are looking for someone who can demonstrate:

• Substantial experience planning and delivering specialist highway structures services within a large or complex organisation
• Expert technical knowledge of highway structures, including relevant legislation, codes of practice, inspection regimes and risk management
• Proven experience developing and implementing asset management policies, plans and capital programmes
• A strong track record in programme planning, budget awareness and client‑side project oversight
• Experience acting as, or supporting the role of, Technical Approval Authority.
• The ability to analyse data, assess risk and develop evidence‑based investment priorities
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience engaging with members, senior officers, contractors, consultants and external asset owners
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical matters clearly and proportionately
• Leadership experience, including managing staff, setting direction and fostering a collaborative, high‑performing team culture

You will be educated to degree level (or equivalent experience), hold membership of a relevant professional institution (e.g. ICE, IStructE), and be a Chartered Engineer.

If you are motivated by technical excellence, public service and the opportunity to shape the long‑term stewardship of critical infrastructure, this role offers both challenge and professional fulfilment.

Other information

For further information on this role please see the attached job summary.

We offer hybrid working arrangements

Closing date: 29th June 2026.

Interview date: TBC

Interview-type / process: Either MS Team and/or In Person, to be confirmed.

If you would like to have an informal conversation with the recruiting manager, please contact: Syed Shah 07977 611481

Company: Buckinghamshire Council

Salary: £65,211 - £68,555

Location: Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire

Sector: Highways

Sector: Highways Maintenance

Sector: Highway Design

Job Role: Manager